A Year on the Creek On a roughly annual basis I will venture out to the further reaches of the metroplex in pursuit of a […]
Camouflage and Coloration in North Texas Mammals
North Texas Mammals come in a variety of different colors. For some species their coloration is meant as camouflage, for others it is intended to […]
Book Review: Coyotes Among Us
The book Coyotes Among Us – The City’s Top Predator by Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD with Kerry Luft (copyright 2024) recounts a story over 20 […]
Coyotes are Dogs
How do you feel about Coyotes? The spectrum of possible responses to that question is varied and broad. Many people view Coyotes unfavorably, seeing them […]
Controlled Burn
DATELINE – 2023 – WISE COUNTY Every now and again I like to run some really long term trail camera projects. What I’m talking about […]
Coyote Creek
DATELINE – Dallas, Texas July and August 2023 This special trail camera project began as an offshoot of another effort I spent some time working […]
Squirrels, Rabbits, and Evolution?
I recently did a book review on Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen. This interesting book explores the possibility that the activities of humankind–and […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Coyotes and Armadillos
Dateline – Summer 2022 – North Denton County Earlier in the summer I began to explore in—what for me was—a new area of the urban […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
The Burrow
DATELINE – Winter 2022 – Carrollton, Texas I first noticed this burrow late last winter while exploring a creek bed running through a typical North […]
Skulls and Other Bones
They say that death is a natural part of life. Nowhere is that more evident than when you are out exploring in the great outdoors. […]